Friday, April 10, 2015

Perhaps If You Squint

The spacers arrived and the headset area has been completed.  No troubles. The saw guide made cutting the steering tube easy peasy.  It was also much easier to keep the star nut tool straight while driving in the star nut, than I had envisioned.  With the steering tube ready, just a bit of grease on the crown race, stack the spacers, torque the tension bolt, tighten the stem and install the handlebar.  Done.  The grips and seat post were installed loosely for a more complete picture.

If you drink a few beers (like I did), step back a few steps and squint really hard, it almost looks like a bike.  Really, take a look.



 So far this build has been pain free (knock on wood).  Usually anything mechanical bubbles cuss words to my lips, even with the slightest struggles, but I've been choir-boy quiet.  Fingers crossed for that to continue.

The spacers went on a bit differently than planned.  I definitely liked the look of the three orange spacers grouped closely, so two of the thin (2 mm) black spacers got moved down to either side of the horn mount.  Here's a close up:




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